Meaning of homostatic | Babel Free

Definitions

Describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.

not-comparable

Examples

“The term homostatic graft might be applied to inert tissues such as bone and cartilage when transferred from one individual to another of the same species; and the term homovital graft might be used in reference to grafts whose cells must continue to grow and reproduce for the graft to be effective after similar transplantation.”

“These grafts persist however as homostatic grafts and are completely replaced by host tissues in time.”

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